Fwd: National School Walkout

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From: Supt Christina Kishimoto <reply@hawaiidoe.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 1:15 PM
Subject: National School Walkout
To: 20048903@notes.k12.hi.us

VIEW EMAIL ONLINE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT National School Walkout The tragedy in Broward County has driven increased interest in civic engagement efforts and actions. The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) supports Constitutional rights to peaceful assembly and free expression. There are two nationally promoted student-led walkouts planned during school hours – March 14 at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes to honor the 17 lives lost in the recent Florida high school massacre; and, April 20 at 10 a.m., which falls on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings in Colorado. HIDOE has provided guidance to district and school-level leadership. Our goal in responding to walkout plans and other forms of peaceful assembly is to support student and staff safety. We are also collaborating with sister agencies to designate walkout procedures and designated areas for staff at state and district offices that wish to participate. The offices located in the Queen Liliuokalani Building, Dole Cannery, Queen Liliuokalani Campus and the Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support annex will have designated areas to walk out of their buildings in solidarity with the students. I want to emphasize that this is not a community event, and we want to keep our campuses safe for student-to-student interaction. Therefore, staff who want to stand in solidarity with students can participate in the 17-minute walkout at their own buildings as coordinated by their supervisor, but are not to enter school campuses unless they work on that campus. This is a student exercise. For more information, please see below for information that has been shared with staff, students and parents. Feb. 22: National Walkout Guidance (staff intranet), http://bit.ly/2FlD5N1 March 2: Additional Guidance: School Walkouts (staff intranet), http://bit.ly/2Dd23rZ March 2: Parent letter, http://bit.ly/2H8V1qB March 8: HIDOE website, http://bit.ly/2FDY7WD FOLLOW US: Facebook | Twitter | Vimeo | Pinterest | LinkedIn | Google+      ONLINE: HawaiiPublicSchools.org This email was sent to all HIDOE staff unsubscribe

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